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I recon you could need a "power user" / "average joe" / ".NET Developer" from Sweden, beta testing Longhorn Beta 1 ? ;) No point in overlooking what the effects of dirrefent timezone settings could be =P

No, you don't need to send chocolate to Ubuntu, you need to send source code so it has the same featureset as an operating system targeted at the masses should. Not only can OSS not be bought with candy, it currently can't compete in the business productivity and backoffice sectors. Wake up.

Rich: No, you don't need to send chocolate to Ubuntu, you need to send source code so it has the same featureset as an operating system targeted at the masses should. Not only can OSS not be bought with candy, it currently can't compete in the business productivity and backoffice sectors.

Considering that Hotmail ran on FreeBSD for years before Microsoft moved it over to WSS, that argument is pretty poor. On top of that, the NSA didn't seem to have a problem with OSS software when you take into account their multimillion dollar investment into TrustedBSD and SE Linux.

Microsoft and OSS both can play a role in the back office and on the desktop as well. It's up to each individual organization to make that decision for themselves.

I'm a linux user, I don't go off telling everyone about it. When I was new to it I was telling everyone about it but after a while it becomes normal. Just like Longhorn once you get it, you'll be telling everyone you have one, then after a while you will get use to it. It's something called "show off", depends on the person.

Now i would like to know more about the security in Longhorn because that's all I'm really concerned about, security is the 21st century's IT enigma.Send me a email at:ramonklown ___at__pop.com.br